The 1/6 Committee’s Biggest Challenge: Assessing Whether Trump Is Bonkers
J. Scott Applewhite/AO Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.One key mission for the House committee investigating the January 6 riot is affirming reality and highlighting the obvious: the 2020 election was not rigged to steal victory from Donald Trump. The committee’s…
Don’t Be Distracted by “Intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani
Mother Jones illustration; Mary Altaffer/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump presumably wasn’t drunk when he prematurely declared victory at 2:30 a.m. on November 4, 2020. The 45th president, who famously doesn’t drink, was following a previously formed plan to…
Former Trump Campaign Manager Poised to Testify to January 6 Committee
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Eric Trump, and campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign Bill Stepien, listen as President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign stop. Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print…
The January 6 Committee’s Battle for Reality
An image of a tweet by former President Donald Trump is displayed at the House select committee hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Andrew Harnik/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A democracy is only as strong as its…
January 6 Committee Opens With a Narrative MasterClass
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Look, who knows what the upshot of the January 6 Committee hearings will be. That Trump and his cronies tried to overthrow election results has been clear for more than…
Cheney: Trump Said Capitol Attackers “Were Doing What They Should Be Doing”
Donald Trump speaks on January 6 2021.Gripas Yuri/Abaca via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.While rioters rampaged through the Capitol on January 6, President Donald Trump told staff with him that he approved of the attack, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) revealed…